Oscar Feasting in Gotham

Despite the Oscars being an L.A. event, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take care of their Gotham members come Feb. 25.

East Coasters will watch the kudofest at the St. Regis Hotel's Versailles Room while feasting on a Chef Richard Brown gourmet meal and sipping Sterling Vineyards Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, and Laurent-Perrier champagne, all created exclusively for the Academy.

Org also managed to take care of a few members of the media on Wednesday afternoon at the St. Regis' Maisonette Room.

Press, alongside event co-chairs Bud Rosenthal and Arlene Dahl, as well as 2007 Academy red carpet greeter Robert Osborne, were served the official New York Oscar dinner menu, which included Colorado lamb, Maine crab salad and a slew of desserts inspired by best pic noms.

In between discussing "Journey to the Center of the Earth" co-stars James Mason and Pat Boone, Dahl tasted desserts including "Little Miss Sunshine” lemon chiboust with coconut bisquit, "The Queen" royal blueberry clafoutis and crown of chocolate, and "The Departed" smokin' gun caramel chocolate fondant. (A. Morfoot)